According to him, this can happen if Turkey cannot buy Patriot air defense systems from the USA.
“Today we need more systems until we can produce our own. And if we can buy from the USA, we will buy Patriot. If not, then we will buy another S-400. We are an independent country, ”RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Earlier, CNN, citing a representative of the US Department of State, reported that Washington officially withdrew its proposal to Ankara to sell Patriot instead of S-400. Later in Turkey commented on this data.
Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies of RUDN University Dmitry Egorchenkov in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today” commented on the US requirements for Turkey to refuse to purchase the S-400.